Shaving-cup.



G. E. SCOTT.

SHAVING CUP.

APPLICATION 11,111) JAN. 20, 1912.

1,123,21 1, Y Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

INVENTOR A TTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIcE.

CHARLES E. SCOTT, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 ABRAHAM ABELSON.

SHAVING-CUP.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

Application" filed January 20, 1912. Serial No. 672,488.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. Soon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, (whose post-ofiice address is No. 36 Harriott street, Yonkers, New York,) have invented certain Improvements in Shaving-Cups, of which, the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a shaving cup of sanitary character, that is to say, a shaving cup, which, after the first, original and only use, is to be thrown away.

The object of my invention is the production of a shaving cup, complete and ready for use, of sanitary materlal, inexpensive enough to be thrown away after using, and for these reasons, appealing to the customers of a barbers establishment, by the knowledge that a fresh, clean cup is used for every shave.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a cup of paper or similar material, comprising a tapering cylindrical body, a bottom having a depressed center and flanged edge, the bottom received in the smaller end of the body and secured thereto at its flange. The depressed center contains a small quantity of shaving soap in a comminuted form, which is covered and so held in place by a piece of tissue paper, pasted at its edge to the upper surface of the bottom. This cup of paper, or similar material, is adapted to be received in a metal cup, having a handle to be grasped by and held in the hand, and

which cup is similar to those employed forv holding soda water glasses.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation, showing the sanitary shaving cup of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the bottom of the cup. Fig. 4 is a perspective view, illustrating a metal cup, with the cup of my invention placed therein.

(1, represents the tapering cylindrical body of paper or similar suitable material of cheap character, and very inexpensive.

12 represents the bottom of similar material, provided with a depressed central portion 6 and a flanged edge b In this depressed central portion, I place shaving soap 0, 1n a comminuted form and 03 represents a strip or circular piece of tissue paper, laid over the depressed portion containing the soap and pasted to the upper surface. of the bottom around the edge, whereby the soap is held in place.

e represents a metal cup with the handle similar to those employed for holding soda water glasses, but the same, however, forms no necessary part of my invention, it is simply a means to an end, for holding the cup.

A sanitary shaving cup of my invention is a new article of manufacture. These cups are adapted to be nested and in this manner, transported with a minimum of space occupied thereby. Any well known or desirable medium may be employed for securing the bottom at its flan ed edge b in the smaller end of the cylin rical body. I am aware that sanitary drinking cups have been, and

are made, of paper'or similar suitable ma-.

terial, and that these may be nested, but they are not adapted for shaving purposes.

It is preferable, in using the device of my improvement, to first place the cup in the holder and then, with the shaving brush wet, the tissfie paper 01 is at once moistened and broken, and the soap powder made available for producing the lather for shaving. The quantity of soap powder is to be about enough for one shave, and after using, the cup is to be thrown away and a new cup be taken for each shave.

I claim as my invention:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a sanitary shaving cup adapted for only a single use, comprising a tapering paper body, a holding recess in the bottom thereof receiving a small quantity of soap in a comminuted condition, and a retaining paper cover secured over the soap which is adapted to be broken by the application of a moist shaving brush allowing access to the soap for producing lather fer shaving.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a

- tened thereto at the flange, a small quantity shaving cup of suitable material, a bottom the upper surface of the bottom for holding of similar material having a depressed porthe soap in position. 10' tion and a flanged edge received in the Signed by me this- 16th day of'January,- smaller end of the tapering body and fas- 1912.

' CHAS. E. SCOTT.

of shavin soap in a comminuted condition Witnesses:- I v in the sai depressed portion of the ,bottom, GEO. T. PINGKNEY, and a covering of tissue paper secured to J. B. LE BLANC. 

